Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) has been honored with a 2017 CSO50 Award from IDG's CSO (Chief Security Officer). This prestigious honor pays tribute to a select group of 50 organizations that have demonstrated that their security projects and initiatives have created outstanding business value and thought leadership for their companies. Horizon BCBSNJ accepted the award at the CSO50 Conference + Awards held last month at the Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch, Scottsdale, Arizona.Horizon BCBSNJ won for the “Domain Security Platform” it designed to automatically identify, monitor and block potentially malicious, newly registered external domains and websites that would likely to pose an elevated risk to the company.“With cybercrime-based attacks remaining a leading cause of data breaches, and adversaries continuously changing tools, tactics and procedures, health care organizations in particular have been challenged to keep pace,” said Douglas Falduto, vice president, Administration and Chief Security Officer for Horizon BCBSNJ. “Our platform addresses threats that are not yet detected by mainstream security products and provides our organization with time to respond to threats when they are detected. Horizon is ever vigilant in keeping our members’ information safe and secure and thwarting attacks that can disrupt our business operations,” Falduto added."The stakes have never been higher when it comes to protecting an organization's sensitive data from criminals and breach," said Joan Goodchild, editor-in-chief of CSO. "Security leaders are expected to not only deliver protection, but also to drive business initiatives. Our annual CSO50 awards recognize security projects that enhance defense and also deliver ROI."

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